A Ninth Wind Turbine for Princess Elisabeth Station
The news has just arrived: a ninth wind turbine will supply energy for the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station.
News from Antarctica
Interested in what's happening down at Princess Elisabeth? News from the field are posted here regularily to keep you updated about what's going on.
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Tests Carried Out at the Station BELARE 2007-2008
During the 2007-2008 construction season, Johan Berte, project manager of the station's engineering design, carried out a series of tests at the Princess Elisabeth station before leaving Utsteinen. For Mr.…
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Testing the Automatic Weather Station
An Automatic Weather System (AWS) was set up on the Southern end of the Utsteinen ridge in 2004 in order to monitor local climate and understand the wind's behaviour at a…
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Press Conference: First Phase Down
An international press conference was held on Tuesday, March 11, at the International Polar Foundation (IPF), in the presence of Belgian federal minister Sabine Laruelle in charge of Economy, Independent workers…
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Success of the First Construction Phase - Press Conference
We have just received information that Alain Hubert and the last members of the BELARE 2007- 08 expedition will arrive at the Brussels-International airport in Zaventem on March 10, 08 00 am. They have…
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How was Utsteinen chosen for the implantation of the Station?
Professor Frank Pattyn participated in two BELARE expeditions (2004 and 2005) to help position the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica. He also helped collecting and analyzing the necessary meteorological data which was…
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Last Module Goes In
We just lived a historical moment here in Brussels, as we received a phone call from Utsteinen base camp. Alain Hubert phoned to say that the last exterior module was…
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East Facade Up
The Utsteinen workaholics have now completed mounting the exterior modules on the Station's East side.
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Flooring Goes On
A new traverse team arrived back in Utsteinen early this morning, January 23. Although they had some trouble with one of the Prinoth tractors, the remaining tractors came in with eight…
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The Floor Goes In
It is snowing, the sky is overcast, but the sun still pierces through the clouds. A fresh breeze rises now and then upon the Utsteinen ridge, cooling any extremity that…